Example sentences of "is [adv] the [adj -est] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | GRAMM-Rudman-Hollings , the US deficit reduction law , is arguably the worst piece of legislation passed by Congress in the past decade . |
| 2 | Unarmed combat is basically the quickest way of attacking somebody and grinding them into little pieces before moving on to your next victim . ) |
| 3 | This is merely the latest example of the home office overturning policies earlier pursued with such vigour . |
| 4 | Miller has always been expert at bringing out the best in players — he turned Frank McAvennie from a midfield player into a striker in his St Mirren days — and the evolution of Pat McGinlay as a goalscoring midfield player is merely the latest example of his handiwork . |
| 5 | That the monument is only the latest manifestation of a long and miserable tradition of big lies and big art should come as no surprise to readers of ‘ Republic of Fear ’ , Mr Khalil 's previous study of contemporary Iraqi politics . |
| 6 | In fact M42 is only the brightest part of a vast nebular cloud which covers most of Orion , but I have never been able to see the rest of it with binoculars . |
| 7 | LTS claim that Barama is " genuinely setting out to achieve management of the forest on a sustainable yield basis " , but Francis Sullivan of WWF points out that " sustainable yield is only the tiniest aspect of true sustainable forest management " and that the proposal makes no provision for the preservation of biodiversity . |
| 8 | All these things are related to the Izzat of the girl — saving her Izzat ( and through that their own Izzat ) is perhaps the greatest responsibility of her parents or guardian . |
| 9 | Pessimism about the nature of old age is perhaps the greatest enemy of a happy and fulfilled old age . |
| 10 | While I will put on Les Troyens , which is perhaps the greatest piece of audacity in the history of opera . |
| 11 | But the loss or gradual erosion of ties of affection is nevertheless a liberator of our criminality ; never to have experienced them is perhaps the greatest liberator of all . |
| 12 | contribution is perhaps the cruellest feature of the poll tax fiasco , placing a significant burden on those with the lowest incomes , including many pensioners , in places such as Bradford ? |
| 13 | Poverty and overcrowding are characteristic of the greater part of the Canning Town and Silvertown areas , which make up what is perhaps the largest part of unbroken depression in East London . |
| 14 | His Aggrey of Africa ( 1929 ) , a study of a leading African educator in the Gold Coast , is perhaps the best expression of his Christian , liberal , and multiracial ideals . |
| 15 | China is perhaps the best example of the way in which European influences operated in many forms because political power , both direct and indirect , was mingled there with economic exploitation ( for Egyptian and Chinese affairs ; see below , pp. 107 , 124 ) . |
| 16 | HBV is perhaps the best example of such diseases , but it 's surely not the only one . |
| 17 | We shall return to this specific point in considering all the systems ; however , we should say that Bergman 's ( 1979 ) discussion of Signed Swedish is perhaps the clearest examination of a sign system in relation to the native sign language . |
| 18 | Which we knew anyway because , and here is perhaps the strongest thrust of Lecercle 's book for most of us , there 's no accounting for poetry . |
| 19 | This is perhaps the strangest mammal of all , for not only does it lay eggs , but it also has a flattened bird-like bill . |
| 20 | Growing your own vegetables is much the cheapest way of avoiding pesticides in the long run , but in the short term it may be possible to get unsprayed produce from someone with a large garden or allotment . |
| 21 | The Reverend John Walker in his " Report on the Hebrides " 1764 and 1771 writes " There is not the smallest appearance of coal in Ila . " |
| 22 | It might seem that employing a fairly mechanical and impersonal survey approach , as described in this and the previous chapter , is not the best way of creating an interactionist perspective . |
| 23 | Perhaps that is not the best way of describing what our ideas are . |
| 24 | This aspect is not the best indicator of a boom time for money matters . |
| 25 | ‘ Argument ’ is not the best specification of that which is to be avoided but , as in the last example , consensus agreement is possible . |
| 26 | Asking patients is not the best method of ascertaining problems ; observation is required . |
| 27 | There is not the faintest trace of float or wallow over the fastest crests or in the steepest dips ; the body just maintains constant ride height throughout giving a feeling of invincible security . |
| 28 | Product line consistency is not the strongest suit of Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG — first the company becomes a founder sponsor of the Open Software Foundation and then adopts Unix System V as its standard , now its US arm , Siemens Nixdorf USA , has turned to Sun Microsystems Computer Corp for point-of-sale control processors despite the fact that Siemens ' chosen RISC — versions of which it fabricates — is the R-series . |
| 29 | Product line consistency is not the strongest suit of Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG — first the company becomes a founder sponsor of the Open Software Foundation and then adopts Unix System V as its standard , now its US arm , Siemens Nixdorf USA , has turned to Sun Microsystems Computer Corp for point-of-sale control processors despite the fact that Siemens ' chosen RISC — versions of which it fabricates — is the R-series . |
| 30 | cut in defence expenditure , which means that there is not the slightest chance of his being able to pay for the extra boat . |